Zhu Jinshi: Boat 2012
Xuan paper, bamboo, cotton thread
15 x 3.5 x 4.2 m
http://www.asianart.org/exhibitions_index/installing-boat
Personal anaysis
research into craft by a craftsperson
research into craft by a craftsperson
Xuan paper, bamboo, cotton thread
15 x 3.5 x 4.2 m
http://www.asianart.org/exhibitions_index/installing-boat
Personal anaysis
What is interesting about this structure is that it considered to be a ‘boat’ which invites definition.
The second is the tremendous craft shown in the painstaking scale of construction. It reflects the viewers first impression of being a hand made piece.
Thirdly that there is no statement which explains the intention behind the work and so the viewer is ‘at sea’.
I am particularly drawn to the idea of being inside the boat – adrift from the familiar and placed within in a linear, textured edge environment. My imagination feels that sound is affected, perhaps even smell.